Nifemi Babasanmi
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to give urgent and adequate attention to national security following the recent attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
In a statement released on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the PDP condemned the attack, which occurred on Sunday night when armed men stormed the school, killed the Vice Principal, Malam Hassan Makuku, and abducted several students.
The party said the incident further underscores the worsening insecurity under the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration, accusing the government of prioritizing political narratives over its constitutional duty to protect citizens.
The statement reads:“This tragic incident further highlights the alarming rise in insecurity that has become the lived reality of majority of Nigerians under the Tinubu-led APC administration, which has consistently preferred the politicization of governance over the protection of citizens,” the statement read.
“When a government fails in its primary duty of safeguarding lives and property, it must accept responsibility and deal decisively with the issues, rather than act aloof or attempt to deflect from the core issues, as this administration has repeatedly done.
“We commiserate with the parents of the abducted students, the family of the slain Vice Principal, as well as the staff, students, and management of the affected school, and the government of Kebbi State.
“Apart from this highly disturbing Maga School incident, other abductions have taken place in Nasarawa, Plateau, Kano and Katsina in recent times and this is clearly not the hope (renewed and ‘unrenewed’) promised Nigerians.
“We therefore call on President Tinubu to devote urgent and sufficient attention to securing the lives and property of Nigerians so that this tragic cycle can finally come to an end. Or do we want a foreign country to threaten the government on this? Let the killings stop!”
